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Reader Urges Voters to Leave the Third Ballot Envelope Empty
Translated from Swedish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.
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- Rickard Nordström says he plans to vote in only two of Sweden’s three elections this year.
- He opposes elected political administration at the regional level and says he will leave the third ballot envelope unused.
Rickard Nordström says he will vote in only two of Sweden’s three elections this year, leaving the third ballot envelope empty.
In a letter to Dagens Nyheter, Nordström argues that Sweden does not need an elected political tier at the regional level. He says his decision does not reflect a lack of political views, but a firm belief that regional elected government should not exist.
“I will not vote for someone who wants to administer it,” he writes. Nordström adds that he may not be alone in leaving the third envelope unused.
I will not vote for someone who wants to administer it.
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Originally published by Dagens Nyheter in Swedish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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